Intoxicated

The traffic lights on the opposite side of the crosswalk turned green, and the edge of the girl’s umbrella brushed against the man’s back.

Lian Jue stretched out his hand and took the man under his umbrella, then a strong smell of wine came to his nose. His lower lip pursed slightly and frowned at the man who had a bad complexion.

“Uncomfortable? ”

The man nodded slightly then he immediately shook his head.

The man’s hands wrinkled the cuffs of Lian Jue’s coat. He tried to pull it, but the man refused to let go.

“Do you need me to take you to the hospital?”

The man still shook his head, raised his eyes to look at him, and opened his mouth to speak with difficulty. His voice was faint and weak, “…can you take me home? ”

The cars rushed on the road beside him, and the sound of the horn overshadowed the man’s weak voice, and Lian Jue could only faintly hear him say ‘go home.’

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Nkyd Kwl rywple yde ypjle, “Eblal kp uswa bsxl?”

Mbl xyd pbssj bkp blye ytykd, bkp lmralppksd y zkvvzl lxcyaaypple, “Ls, dsv xu bswpl.”

Tl qasodle yde zssjle hlau wdnsxqsavyczl. Tl nzsple bkp lulp, pzsozu rwaple bkp zkrp, yde pyke okvb xsal ekqqknwzvu, “Xa vbl bsvlz, nyd usw wpl uswa RP? Mblal pllxp vs cl y rasczlx okvb xu RP, vblu alqwple vs srld y assx qsa xl…”

Nkyd Kwl aykple bkp lulp yde tzydnle yv vbl lmralpp bsvlz ynaspp vbl asye. Tl dseele, yde nsdqkaxle kd y ellr hsknl, “Ps usw alyzzu dsv dlle vs ts vs vbl bsprkvyz?”

“Ls dlle…bsprkvyz.”

Tkp blye oyp zsolale yde sdzu alynble Nkyd Kwl’p nbkd. Wasx vbkp ydtzl, Nkyd Kwl nswze pll bkp aleekpb dyrl yde bkp vbkd pbswzelap. Mbl obkvl pbkav sd vbl xyd’p cseu oyp ealdnble kd vbl aykd, kv zssjle vbkd yde vaydpryaldv, nzlyazu pbsokdt bkp pzktbvzu valxczkdt prbldske csdlp.

Tl oyp valxczkdt.

“R’x fwpv y zkvvzl ekggu…” Mbl xyd zsolale bkp lulp yde tldvzu awccle bkp sod qsalblye, okvb y zkvvzl lxcyaayppxldv kd bkp bsyapl hsknl, “R pllx vs cl eawdj.”

Lian Ju wanted to send the man to the express hotel opposite nearby, but because the registration information didn’t match the occupant, he was politely refused to check-in by the hotel front desk.

The man curled up in the corner of the sofa by the window in the hotel lobby. As he was feeling drowsy, he leaned his forehead against the cold glass window.

Lian Jue walked over and called him.

The man’s face was flushed red, and even his eyes were red. He said ‘en’, which was his last response before he passed out.

It was raining heavily outside, and the rain made a pitter-patter sound on the glass windows, the rainwater flowing on the windows merged into thin silk-like threads and flowed alternately. The neon yellow lights and shadows outside the hotel reflected in front of the window, which added a soft touch to the man’s uncomfortable sleeping face.

Lian Jue raised his eyes and looked at the clock on the wall. It was half-past nine.

He retracted his gaze and glanced at the sleeping person on the sofa, and realized how much trouble he got just by picking up this man.

The driver arrived half an hour later. Lian Jue was standing on the side of the road with an umbrella, and the man beside him was half leaning on his arms. It might be because his wet and cold clothes were unpleasantly sticking to his body and the weather at night was cold. The person subconsciously approached the chest of the person next to him, vainly attempting to draw temperature from the other person.

The driver opened the car door and got out of the car with an umbrella. He was slightly startled when he noticed that Lian Jue was holding someone in his arms, and he quickly nodded to Lian Jue respectfully, “Mr. Lian.”

Lian Jue pulled the drunkard away who had been drilling into his arms with a sullen face and threw him to the driver, “Take him to the hotel.”

The driver subconsciously caught the person, and was taken aback when he heard his words, “Which hotel?”

As soon as he finished speaking, his wrist was grabbed by someone.

The man who was delirious from drunkenness struggled to get up from the driver’s arms, his willowed-leaf-shaped eyes were slightly narrowed, and his eyes were moist as if he was about to cry, “Don’t go, help me…”

The driver stood aside embarrassedly and weakly said, “This, Sir…”

Lian Jue’s eyes narrowed slightly and looked at the man in front of him. He was trying to find the slightest trace of pretending to be drunk from his face, but he found nothing.

The mobile phone in his pocket vibrated again. Lian Jue pulled away his gaze from him for a short time. He took back his wrist from the man’s hand indifferently, and the man staggered because of this. Fortunately, the driver on the side gave him a hand, and he was able to stand firmly.

Lian Jue glanced at him, then he handed the umbrella in his hand to the driver, took out his mobile phone, and picked up the phone, “What’s the matter.”

“Sir, will you be back tonight?” The auntie on the other end of the call spoke hesitantly. “Tongtong hasn’t slept yet, and said he will wait for you to come back.”

Lian Jue frowned slightly, “I am going to do something, wait for me. Let him go to sleep.”

“He got a good score in the exam today, and he has been thinking of your return to praise him.” The auntie helplessly sighed, “As a result, he made you angry again just now, and now he’s blaming himself.”

“I’m not angry.” Lian Jue said.

“Then, do you have time now? Can I ask Tongtong to come over and talk with you? Otherwise, I think he will have a hard time sleeping tonight.”

Lian Jue glanced at the man next to him. The man’s head was drooping, he was standing at a loss, and his thin body was shivering from the rain and cold wind at night.

He whispered to the other end of the phone, then he took back the umbrella from the driver who was waiting on the side for his answer. He raised his jaw, “Send him away.”

The driver opened the car door and said to the man politely, “Please.”

Lian Jue didn’t look at him again. He took a few steps to the side with his umbrella.

Lian Jue gave a faint ‘en’ and corrected, “Call me dad from now on.”

The person on the other end of the call didn’t seem to be interested, but he quickly called out, “Dad.”

Lian Jue’s tone slowed down slightly from this call, “Why are you still not sleeping?”

There was a moment of silence over there. The child took a breath, and cautiously asked, “…are you not coming back?”

“I’ll go back later. If you are sleepy, go to bed first.”

The other side obediently said ‘okay’, but his tone was obviously reluctant. Lian Jue didn’t hear it and asked, “Is there anything else?”

“No more.”

“En, go ahead.”

Lian Jue was about to hang up the phone when the person on the other side suddenly stopped him.

“…Wait a minute, Dad, there is one more thing.”

“What.”

“In the paper sent today, the teacher said that the parents need to sign it and take it back to school tomorrow…”

“Let the auntie sign it.”

“……oh.”

“Okay, I’m hanging up.” Lian Jue said, “Go to sleep.”

After Lian Jue hung up the phone, the driver behind him called him softly, “Mr. Lian?”

He turned his head and saw that the two of them were still standing in their original place. He asked in a deep voice, “Why have you not left yet?”

The driver looked at the man whose head was hanging down next to him in embarrassment.

Lian Jue felt a little impatient. He put away his mobile phone and walked over, and said to the man, “He will send you there.”

The man remained motionless.

After a moment of silence, Lian Jue looked away from him and asked the driver, “Which five-star hotel is the closest from here?”

“It’s Hilton, Sir.” The driver quickly replied, “Your card is in the car.”

“Okay.” Lian Jue opened the door of the co-pilot seat, then he forcibly stuffed the man into the car, closed the door, took out the car key from his pocket, and handed it to the driver.

The driver was startled.

“My car is parked across the road, you can drive my car back.”

The door of the room opened with a ‘click’, and Lian Jue led the man in and turned on the dim warm light at the head of the bed.

He stepped on the thick and soft carpet and walked in, throwing the man who didn’t have much weight in his arms on the bed.

When the man fell into the big bed, two of his buttons loosened, and the shirt attached to his body was slightly wrinkled by his fall on the bed. His hem was lifted up along and revealed a thin and pale white waist. He grunted from discomfort, his wet hair scattered all over the pillow, and soon blotted out a small pool of watermarks on the pillow. He frowned even more and his thick eyelashes trembled. His pair of slender legs wrapped in casual pants rubbed against each other, and he was muttering something in a faint voice.

Lian Ju stood by the bed with no expression, his face was no longer showing the previous gentleness, and his voice was cold.

“Say it. What the hell do you want to do?”

The man froze because of his sudden cold voice. He trembled slightly, and slowly got up from the bed.

Lian Jue’s eyes narrowed slightly. His sharp jawline was stretched taut, and he watched the man’s movements condescendingly.

The man wanted to get out of bed, but his legs became soft, and as soon as he stepped on the ground, he staggered and fell to the side of the bed. His cold pale hands stuck into the long hairs of the carpet, and his thin shoulder blades were slightly propped up, like a pair of beautiful and fragile wings of butterflies.

Before Lian Jue could figure out the meaning of his actions, the man propped up his waist, then knelt down his weak knees against the wet carpet under him and crawled towards Lian Jue’s feet.

He clung to Lian Jue’s legs, struggled to get up, stretched out his cold hands towards Lian Jue’s waist, and tremblingly attempted to untie his belt.

“Sir……”

The man learned to call him just now. It was difficult to keep his voice steady when he was on the verge of going out of control. His voice was shaky and hoarse as if he was about to cry.

“Give me……”

Give me your pheromone.

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